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106. Ammomanes phcenicura arenicolor. 
Alauda arenicolor Sundevall, CEfv. K. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 
Stockholm, 1850, p. 128. 
Ammomanes arenicolor (Sundev.); Shelley, p. 137. 
Ammomanes phcenicura arenicolor (Sundev.) ; Hartert, Vog. 
d. pal. Fauna, ii, p. 224. 
Although I have not actually met with this Desert-Lark 
in the Giza Province I include it in the present paper, as 
on February 28th, 1908, I obtained two specimens near 
Abbassia, a short distance from Cairo, and only just outside 
the Province boundaries. 
107. Calandrella brachydactyla brachydactyla. 
Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisler) ; Shelley, p. 141. 
The Short-toed Lark is a regular visitor in spring and 
autumn and is usually met with in flocks. 
108. Calandrella minor minor. 
Calandrella minor Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i. p. 123 (1851— 
“N.O.-Afrika”). 
Calandrella minor minor (Cab.) ; Hartert, Yog. d. pal. 
Fauna, ii. p. 218. 
I have only once met with this form in the Province, on 
February 25th, 1907, at the edge of the cultivation near 
the Giza Pyramids. 
109. Sturnus vulgaris purpurascens. 
Sturnus purpurascens Gould, P, Z. S. 1868, p. 219 (typ. 
loc. Erzeroum). 
Sturnus vulgaris purpurascens Gould; Hartert, Vog. d. pal. 
Fauna, i. p. 46. 
On November 13th, 1907, I shot an adult female of this 
form near Giza; it was accompanied by two other Starlings, 
but owing to their excessive shyness I was unable to get 
another example. 
During the winter large numbers of Starlings frequent the 
cultivated lands, but they are nearly always unapproachable. 
I have specimens of two other forms of Starlings from 
Egypt: Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris , shot at Damanhour, and 
